Sony confirmed a holiday release date for its next generation PlayStation 4 at PlayStation Meeting 2013, but it saved a lot of the important details like price point, actual release date and what the console even looks like for a later date. But that hasn’t stopped retailers around the world from starting to take pre-orders for the new device.

Tony Bartel, president of GameStop, told me: “We are very excited about the upcoming holiday launch of the new Sony PS4. The new system brings much needed innovation to the video game market. Our consumer base has shown strong early enthusiasm for the PS4 as evidenced by more than 100,000 people who have already signed up for our First To Know List.”
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Edit: People I'm being serious here. I once tried to pre-order a game there and when I decided I didn't want the game anymore they told me I couldn't cancel it. I had to pick another game. I did this five damn times and the $5 to this day is STILL in the account. Those guys are nothing but crooks.

You can cancel a pre-order from GameStop. You just got a crappy rep. They get penalized from their pre-order count if they cancel a pre-order even if it isn't one they made originally, and that's one thing that really affects their hours.

I would have asked for their manager, and if the manager told you that, then ask for the regional supervisors number.

Technically, until they provide you with an actual product the money is yours. In the US it has to be kept in an escrow account until purchase, of which they collect interest on until they can move it out of escrow.

Everytime I had pre-ordered a game, I was allowed to always cancel my pre-order so as long as I never came to pick it up and showed that I had a receipt for proof of purchase. Like the time I pre-ordered Duke Nukem Forever, I was being given a BAD feeling that it was going to suck balls just 1 day before its actual release. So the next day on release I went to the guy behind the desk and was like "I Don't want to pick it up and I want to take back my pre-order" He said no problem, and gave me my full money back, and it wasn't in-store credit either since I never technically Owned the game nor used it.

Omg seriously? Lol not its not the console. They didn't show it because the final design isn't ready yet and also they said they had one secret they thought if showing it off people may notice and they don't want that yet.

Right there with you Logic, I got ps3 and 360 both close to launch and won't be doing the same.. Because 1. Possible faulty hardware 2. the cost 3. lack of games.. Might as well wait for the slims. Should have done that this gen.. I ended up picking up a ps3 slim 2 years ago, with a controller and all for 150$ at a pawn shop. < now that was a deal and it's currently my only working system.

i dont really care how much it cost i will buy it even though i havent preordered sony to me has always been my choice of a gaming device. and what they showed wowed me i will but it no matter price goes the sameway with new xbox. as long as it can show me games.

Or a known SKU. Would suck to get stuck in an SKU that you don't want. Stores do it to get your money, but it should be illegal since there is no actual official product UPC to use yet. They're basically reserving an idea, and not a product.

Actually, in the UK, the retailer Zavvi are letting you pre-order the PS4, with the price shown as £399. The best part of the pre-order deal is that it has a pre-order price promise i.e. if the price drops before the release, you pay the lower price. But if the price is actually higher, you only pay the amount for which you pre-order the console for. So its more or less a win win.

I love how sony has learned alot from ms that advertisements will do alot of great things for your company. I can feel a ps3 price cut coming before the ps4 launches that way people dont have to just wait to buy a ps4 but can buy a ps3 aswell for the time being & enjoy all the great games the ps3 has to offer before jumping into the ps4 bandwagon. For me im ready for a ps4 and still waiting for the last of us. Sony is on fire.

Im not getting a PS4 at launch, I think im gonna wait for the first price drop. But man oh man infamous and killzone are looking very sexy...... If metal gear releases as a launch or close to launch title too...... then all bets are off.